MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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